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June 4, 1935. A, o, DALLER I 2,003,925

CONTAINER 'Filed Dec. 5, 1933 INVENT OR BWZQM/ Maw-w Patented June 4,1935 PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER Adrian 0. Daller, Dennis Port, Mass.,assignor to Daller Carton 00., Inc., New York, N. Y., a corn tation ofNew York Application December 5, 1933, Serial No. 700,954

7 Claims.

This invention relates to a container and more specifically to adispensing container.

In general, it is an object of the invention to provide a device of thecharacter described, 5 which will efliciently accomplish the purpose forwhich it is intended, which is simple and economical of construction,which can be expeditiously and conveniently manipulated, and which canbe readily manufactured and assembled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sealed container whichmay be broken open so as to disclose a tucking flap, which may be usedthereafter to close the container.

Another object is to provide a sealed container which may be broken openso as to disclose a dispensing aperture in one corner of the device.

Other objects of the invention Will in part be obvious and will in partappear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessingthe features, properties and the relation of elements which will beexemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of theapplication of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention,reference should be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a device, embodying one form of theinvention, and showing the cover closed and before the seal has beenbroken;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device shown in Fig. l, with thecover unsealed and open;'

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a blank adapted to be formed into the deviceshown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modification of the device shownin Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a blank adapted to be formed into the deviceshown in Fig. 4.

In the drawing, I denotes a blank having various sections or walls II,I2, I3, I4, I and I6, which may be called front, end, back, end, bottom,and top or cover sections, respectively. In the carton the two sectionsI4 may overlie each other and the two sections I5 may also. Certainparts are supplied with folding tabs II. An extension from the cover I6may lie beneath the front section to be used as a tucking flap I8 afterthe carton has been once opened. At least a portion of the front wall isthus composed of a plurality of layers.

An extension I9 from the front section may overlie, .and be intersecuredto, as by an adhesive, the entire top section or a portion thereof asshown. A score line 20 may set off a part 2| of the front section whichoverlies the extension I8 so as to c'omprise with it a plurality oflayers. The score line may extend toward the corners to form lipstherein.

When it is desired to open the container, the score line is severed andthe portions I8 and 2| raised with the top layers I6 and I9. They may behingedly raised along a line coinciding with the back edge of theextension I9 which may be the top edge of the back wall I3, or, as shownin Fig. 2, along a line intermediate the front and back walls. As thetop is raised, any adhesive, or other means of intersecuring the topsection I6 to the folding tabs I'I, gives way.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the cover I6 has anextension I8 which underlies but a part of the top of the front section,which part may be an upper corner of the front sec- 20 tion. A scoreline 20 in the front section sets off a portion 2| thereof overlying theextension I8. An extension I9 from the front section overlies at least apart of the top section. A score line 22 sets off a part 23 of theextension I9, the part 23 overlying that part 24 of the cover I6 towhich the extension I8 is attached or with which it is associated. Thescore line 22 may be a continuation of the score line 20. The portions23 and 24 may be intersecured as by an adhesive. Portion 24 may be setoff from the cover section I6 by a score or weakened line 25.

The carton when tightly sealed, may be opened as described in connectionwith Fig. 1.

The areas 23 and 24 need not be at a corner in which case there will bea pair of score lines 22 and a pair of score lines 25. If the area 23 isslightly larger than the area 24, the score line 25 may be a slit asthere can be no danger of the contents of the device leaking out.

There may be ears integral with the cover I6 as shown and described inthe copending application of Charles J. Grace, Serial No. 587,664.

If desired, means may be provided to give an opening or aperture underthe top plurality'of layers which will combine with the opening left bythe removal of the removable front portion so as to give a directed flowto material being dispensed through the combined openings. The flap I'I,shown in Fig. 4, for example, may be cut pointedly toward the corner ofthe device, which latter then may function as a spout. Or, the flap mayextend relatively far beneath the cover and have an opening permanentlyor removably positioned therein.

It is understood that the invention described and claimed herein is notto be limited by the particular terminology employed or by the relativedimensions of the portions shown in the drawing. For example, thoseparts referred to as covers may be sides, ends, or bottoms, and the boxor carton may be taller than it is broad.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and difierentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended tocover all of the generic and specific features of the invention hereindescribed, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as amatter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

l. A carton comprising top, bottom,. front, back and end walls, aportion of one of said walls having unsecured overlying layers, at leastone of said layers being severable from the remainder of said wall alonga weakened line, and a second wall comprising intersecured extensionsfrom said layers, said second wall being movable with said portion ofsaid first wall when said weakened line is broken, whereby that portionof said unsecured overlying layers which is set off by said weakenedline is adapted to form a lifting tab.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising awall, a portion of said wall having unsecured overlying layers, one ofsaid layers being severable from the remainder of said wall along aweakened line and being adapted to form a lifting tab, and the other ofsaid layers being adapted to form a tucking-in flap, and a second wallcomprising intersecured extensions from said layers, the said portion ofsaid first-mentioned wall being removable whereby an aperture is exposedtherein.

3. A carton comprising a wall, a portion of said wall having unsecuredoverlying layers, one of said layers being severable from the remainderof said Wall along a weakened line, thus forming a lifting tab, and theother of said layers being integral with a second and hinged wall ofsaid carton, and adapted to form a tucking flap, the portion of saidfirst-mentioned wall being removable whereby an aperture is exposed, andmeans associated with said two walls and said aperture to form a pouringspout therein.

4. A carton comprising top, bottom, front, back and end walls, one ofsaid walls comprising overlying sections, a portion of one of saidsections being severable from the remainder of said wall along aweakened line and a portion of the other section associated with saidseverable portion being adapted to form a tucking-in flap, and a secondwall adjacent said first mentioned wall comprising overlying layers,portions of said layers being hingedly severable from the remainder ofsaid second wall along weakened lines, said last-mentioned portionsbeing integral with the severable portions of said first mentionedoverlying sections.

5. A carton comprising top, bottom, front, back and end walls, a portionof one of said walls having overlying layers, at least one of saidlayers being severable from the remainder of said wall along a weakenedline, and a second wall comprising intersecured extensions from saidlayers, at least one of said intersecured extensions being severablealong a weakened line, the said portion of said first-mentioned wallbeing removable whereby an aperture is exposed thereon.

6. A carton comprising top, bottom, front, back and end walls, a portionof one of said walls having overlying layers, one of said layers beingseverable from the remainder of said wall along a weakened line, and asecond wall comprising intersecured extensions from said layers, each ofsaid intersecured extensions being severable along a weakened line, thesaid portion of said first-mentioned wall being removable whereby anaperture is exposed therein.

7. A carton comprising top, bottom, front, back and end walls, aportionof one of said walls having overlying layers, at least one of saidlayers being severable from the remainder of said wall along a weakenedline, and a second wall comprising extensions from said layers, one ofsaid extensions being set 011 at least in part by a continuation of saidweakened line, the said portion of said first-mentioned wall beingremovable whereby an aperture is exposed therein.

